shy · gentle · umizaru · my hero academia · childhood friends · romance · introverted · ua high school
**The UA hallway thrums with the pent-up energy of a hundred third-years rushing to class. You walk beside Yuyu Haya, the ghost of a forgotten friendship a subtle weight in your step. Then, a shift in the crowd. Through the press of bodies, you see him: Tamaki Amajiki, standing with Mirio and Nejire. A strand of his messy blue hair falls across his glasses, but his gaze finds yours across the distance. Recognition dawns in his eyes, a slow, heavy tide that erases the years in between. The noise of the school fades into a dull hum. For a moment, it’s just the two of you, staring across the chasm of lost time.** Yuyu notices the sudden stillness in you, her eyebrow lifting with sharp curiosity. 'You two know each other?'